WEBVTT AMANDA: ALL DAY THE VOLUSIACOUNTY BEACH PATROL, COAST GUARDAND EVEN FWC HAVE BEEN SCOURINGTHE WATERS HERE IN VOLUSIACOUNTY.THEIR SEARCH HAS STRETCHED FROMWHERE THE BOY DISAPPEARED, JUSTSOUTH OF THE FLAGLER AVE BEACHON RAMP IN NEW SMYRNA.ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE WE AREJUST SOUTH OF THE DAYTONA BEACHPIER.SADLY, THEY HAVE FOUND NO SIGNOF 8-YEAR-OLD HEZIKIAH HILL.HILL'S MOTHER TOLD WESH TWO NEWSLAST NIGHT THAT HEZIKIAH WASHAPPILY PLAYING INTO THE SURFSATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE GOTPULLED OUT BY THE CURRENT,HIS11-YEAR-OLD SISTER TRIED TORESCUE HIM BUT SHE ALSO GOTPULLED UNDER.SHE WAS RESCUED BY LIFEGUARDSAND IS OK,BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLETO FIND HER BROTHER.THE LITTLE BOY'S MOTHER ISWAITING OUT THE SEARCHSURROUNDED BY FAMILY WHO WEREWITH HER FOR AN EASTER VACATIONSHE IS DEVESTATED. >> I WOULDN'T WITH THIS ON MYWORST ENEMY ON NOBODY.I JUST WANT MY SON.THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.>> CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS HARD,ANYONE IS HARD WHEN YOU LOSETHEM IN THE SURF BUT WE GOTTAKEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING ANDPREVENTATIVE LIFEGUARDING IS THEKEY.AMANDA: DEPUTY CHIEF DRISKELLSAYS WHILE THEY CAN'T SEARCH ATNIGHT THEY WILL KEEP LOOKINGDURING THE DAY SHE SAID ONEREASON THE SEARCH AREA IS SOWIDE IS THE THERE IS ANEXTREMELY STRONG CURRENT THAT'SMOVING NORTH SO IT POSSIBLE THECHILD COULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED BYTHE CURRENT UP TO DAYTONA.AS FOR HEZIKAH HILLS SISTER, SHEWAS KEPT OVERNIGHT AT THEHOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION BUT WASRELEASED.THE HILL FAMILY IS FROM ORANGECOUNTY AND STAYED IN A HOTEL INNEW SMYRNA LAST NIGHT THANKS TOTHE HELP OF A GOOD SAMARITAN ANDTONIGHT THEIR HOTEL IS BEINGPAID FOR BY TE LIFEGUARDASSOCIATION, LIVE IN VOLUSIACOUNTY,AMANDA OBER WESH TWO

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Updated: 8:03 AM EDT Apr 17, 2017

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. —

The search is continuing for an 8-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in rough surf off of a Florida beach.

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Volusia County Ocean Rescue Deputy Liz Driskell said the search ended at sundown Sunday and will resume Monday morning.

The boy was playing in the surf off New Smyrna Beach on Saturday afternoon when the strong currents pulled him out into deeper water. The boy's 11-year-old sister tried to rescue him, but was pulled under and had to be rescued by lifeguards.

The search for the missing boy has stretched just south of the Flagler Avenue beach ramp in New Smyrna all the way to the Daytona Beach Pier.

No signs of Hezekiah Hill have been found.

Hill’s mother told WESH 2 Saturday that Hezekiah was happily playing in the surf when he got pulled out by the current.

His 11-year-old sister tried to rescue him but she was pulled under and had to be rescued by lifeguards. His sister is okay, but lifeguards were unable to find her brother.

Hezekiah’s mother is waiting out the search, surrounded by family who were with her for an Easter vacation.

“Children are always hard. Anyone is hard when you lose them in the surf but we gotta keep doing what we're doing and preventative lifeguarding is the key,” Driskell said.

She said one reason the search area is so wide is the there is an extremely strong current that's moving north so it possible the child could have been carried by the current up to Daytona.

Hezekiah Hill’s sister was kept overnight at the hospital Saturday for observation but was released.

The Hill family is from Orange County and stayed in a hotel in New Smyrna Saturday night thanks to the help of a good Samaritan. Sunday, their hotel is being paid for by the Lifeguard Association.